The start of the new year gives us the chance to reflect on the previous 12-months of gaming. With the help of our annual summary, 2018 site leaderboards and individual gamer stat pages, we make it as easy as possible for you to look at the statistics that interest you the most and to make sense of all the numbers. It also gives us the perfect opportunity to create and track some personal targets for the coming year using our Gamer Goal feature.

If you've not made use of the feature in the past, here's a step-by-step guide on how to create Gamer Goals, the various statistics that can be tracked, and how to follow your progress.

How to Create a Gamer Goal

Choose the type of goal you would like to set: Personal target or Competitive goal

TT Pro members can set up to 100 active goals and regular members can have up to three.

How to Create a Personal Target Gamer Goal

Select Personal target from the dropdown menu

Select a statistic on which you would like to track your progress. You can choose from the following:

TrueTrophy Score

Trophy XP

Trophy Level

True Level

TrueTrophy Ratio

Trophies Won

Platinum Trophies Won

Gold Trophies Won

Silver Trophies Won

Bronze Trophies Won

Completed Games

Completion Percentage

Games Played

Site Leaderboard Position

Site Leaderboard Value

Complete Game

Win Specific Trophy

Trophy Streak Days

Score Based Gamer Goals

You can set a Platform restriction and/or Game type restriction. Ignore to track your overall score

Enter your target in the Goal Value field and your current score will be shown to the right

Set target date by which to reach your goal or untick to leave it open-ended

Click the Create goal button once you are happy with the values entered

Site Leaderboard Gamer Goals

Choose the leaderboard on which you want to track your position or value — you must already be tracked on the leaderboard to choose it

Enter your target in the Goal Value field and your current score will be shown to the right

Set target date by which to reach your goal or untick to leave it open-ended

Click the Create goal button once you are happy with the values entered

Game and Trophy Gamer Goals

Click Please enter a game and begin typing the name of the game

Select the game when it appears below

Trophies you haven't unlocked in the selected game will appear below if you are setting a win trophy goal

Select the DLC Settings you wish to use for game completion goals

Set target date by which to reach your goal or untick to leave it open-ended

Click the Create goal button once you are happy with the values entered

How to Create a Competitive Gamer Goal

Select Competitve goal from the dropdown menu

Click Please enter a PSN ID to challenge and begin to type the PSN ID

Matching PSN IDs will be shown below as you type with friends automatically appearing at the top

Select the person you wish to challenge

Select a statistic for which you would like to track your progress. You can choose from the following:

TrueTrophy Score

Trophy XP

Trophy Level

True Level

TrueTrophy Ratio

Trophies Won

Platinum Trophies Won

Gold Trophies Won

Silver Trophies Won

Bronze Trophies Won

Completed Games

Completion Percentage

Games Played

First to Complete Game

First to Win a Specific Trophy

The next screen will display different options depending on the type of statistic you have chosen similar to creating a Personal target Gamer Goal; however, you will be able to see your own score along with the person you are challenging. The person you challenge will receive a PM once the Gamer Goal has been created, giving them the option to accept or decline. If they accept, they'll also be able to track the goal progress. If they decline, they won't see it on their pages but you can continue to track the progress on yours.

Score Based Competitive Gamer Goals

You can set a Platform restriction and/or Game type restriction. Ignore to track your overall scores

Your current score and your competitor's score will be shown to the right

Both of your scores will update based on the statistic you have chosen to track

Set target date by which to reach your goal or untick to leave it open-ended

Click the Create goal button once you are happy with the values entered

Game and Trophy Competitive Gamer Goals

Click Please enter a game and begin typing the name of the game

Select the game when it appears below

Only trophies that you both haven't unlocked in the selected game will appear below if you are setting a first to win specific trophy goal

Select the DLC Settings you wish to use for First to Complete Game goals

Set target date by which to reach your goal or untick to leave it open-ended

Click the Create goal button once you are happy with the values entered

Tracking Your Goal Progress

Once your goal has been created, it will appear on your friend feed:

It will also be added to the My Goals page, which can be found in the Statistics section of the Gamer Menu.

Competitive goals will show both your progress and that of your competitor so that you can easily see who is currently closest to achieving the goal.

You can also keep track of all of your goals in the My Gamer Goals and Goals Involving Me panels on the right side of your homepage. You can hide these and adjust the position on your homepage using the Customize My Homepage link in the My Account section of the Gamer Menu.

Goals on your Homepage

Will you be setting any gaming goals for 2019? If you are, let us know in the comments below what you're hoping to achieve during the year.

If you have a suggestion for any site features that you'd like us to cover in our site help stories, please let us know by posting in the comments below.

Dave is the TrueTrophies Social Manager and has been a Newshound since 2010. When he's not chasing developers and publishers for early review copies, he can usually be found on the TrueTrophies social pages discussing all things TT related.

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